The evolution of the skull and the cephalic muscles: a comparative study of their development and adult morphology. Part III. The Sauria (continued). The Aves

Abstract

[Contents] The Muscles of the Birds. The Larynx and its Muscles. Summary and Review of Sauropsidan Muscles. Review of the Saurian Muscles. The muscles of the birds. Eighteen birds have been dissected for this section of the work, but, as there is a marked similarity in the arrangement of the muscles, only those which present interesting features will be described in detail. The conditions in Gallus, which is described fully, may be regarded as the normal, or typical, arrangement for the birds. The majority of those examined resemble it closely. ... [etc.]

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